Beschrijving
Amsterdam, C.L. Schleijer, 1818, complete in two volumes, 8º: pi1 A-P 8 Q 4 (-Q4), gepag.: [2] 245 [1] pp. Gegraveerde titelpagina met vignet en een plaat door Daniel Veelwaard naar L. van Ollefen. en andere platen. Half leer, ruggen en platten gesleten. Vlekken in de tekst. Buisman 1752; Saalmink II, p.1440. Amelia Opie, née Alderson (12 November 1769 – 2 December 1853), was an English author who published numerous novels in the Romantic Period of the early 19th century, through to 1828. Opie was also a leading abolitionist in Norwich, England. Amelia Opie's was the first of 187,000 names presented to the British Parliament on a petition from women to stop slavery.
